karismar

It really is appropriate to call summer solstice "midsummer". I thought about this when I was in the gardens this week pulling out the peas and lettuce for replanting. Moving into my second planting already seems impossible. New rows of lettuce, radishes, carrots and basil(one can never have enough basil!) were planted. Further over I planted fennel and parsnips for some fall/winter vegetables. This is my first year giving any effort to keeping something edible in the garden year round so we’ll see how they do. My potatoes are doing very well and I can’t wait to see how many there are down there. I pulled up the soil around my tomatoes, giving them some extra support around their "middle" in hopes to get them going. I’ve never had such slow growing tomatoes. If for some reason they don’t produce I can go to the island and upick. We must have salsa and canned tomatoes!

One Local Summer challenge began this week and I’m still deciding what to prepare. My intention was to have it all come from my own backyard but my early seed growing in the winter/spring wasn’t as successful as I’d hoped it would be…..MUST buy grow lights for next year! Scooting down to the farmer’s market to pick up something local isn’t always local. We have many vendors who drive in from out of town locations, often hours away. This defeats the whole purpose of eating local. I’ll just pay close attention and ask where their goods come from.

My oldest child informed us he was joining the Army if he doesn’t get into the university and is going the route of ROTC if he does. He’s goofed off this past year, he graduated last year, and now is feeling like a frump. He should, he’s been a real baffoon lately but I know he’s feeling like this would be a quick answer to all of his problems. We are far too liberal to support him trotting off to war under this criminal administration. I may have a heartattack before it’s all over. If you don’t see me around just look for me in the garden with my bottle of wine…..